Beckley Armed Forces Day Dinner to Feature Admiral Romoser
Rear Admiral William K. Romoser, commander of Amphibious Training Command, U S Atlantic Fleet, arrives from Little Creek Va to be speaker at Beckley Armed Forces Day Dinner at 6 15 p m Thursday in the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Reservations urged by calling Capt. Joseph H. Barkley.
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U. S. Atlantic Fleet
Amphibious Training Command
William K. Romoser
Beckey
Little Creek
Admiral Romoser
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
U. S. Naval Academy
Congres
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy Department
Seventh Fleet
Battlership Cruiser Force
Bureau For
Naval Reserve
Naval Operations
Upshur
Radford
Naval Training School
Destroyer Squadron Nine
Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Salem
Amphibious Group Four
U. S
Egypt
Israel
Admiral Ramoser
Asia
Europe
Civitans
Kiwanis
Lions, Optimists
Rotary
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Joseph H. Barkley
Clifford
Navy Station Earns 13th Station of Month Award
Beckley Navy Recruiting Station again named Station of the Month in Ashland Recruiting Area. Chief Petty Officer A C Cuthrell credits enlistment, publicity, and procedures for the honor. Also, Chief Petty Officer Jesse B Jones of Lewisburg station named Recruiter of the Month for April in Ashland area.
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Beckley Navy
Ashland
A. C. Cuthrell
Beckley
Jesse B. Jones
Lewisburg
Congregational Dinners Slated at Beckley First Methods Church
Beckley West Virginia Beckley First Methods Church schedules annual congregational dinners for Wednesday and Thursday evenings starting at 6 20 pm General chairman for Wednesday is Clarence Cook Hosts include M F Odell Davis Roush Randall Wooddell and Norman Coffman Three WSCS Circles will be led by Mrs Ellen Campbell Thursday night chair is C E Sleepy Beavers with hosts John Odell Nick Weaver Muriel West and David Licklister Three WSCS circles will be directed by Mrs Edward Thrush Highlights include reports of last year activities a preview of next year and a film strip Also in Albuquerque Hunger prompts police report detailing cafe burglary loot of hamburgers shrimp chicken and tomatoes
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Beckley First Methods Church
Clarence Cook
tHosts
M. F. O'Dell
Davis Roush
Randall Wooddell
Norman Coffman
Women's Society of Christian Service Circles
Ellen Campbell
C. E. “Sleepy” Beavers
John O'Dell
Nick Weaver
Muriel West
David Licklister
WSCS
Edward Thrush
Civitan Award Project Includes Catholic School
The St. Frances de Sales Catholic School will be among 20 Raleigh County schools to have a student receive Civitan's Good Citizenship Award this year. Other recipient schools and details note the program recognizes students for grades, activity participation, cooperation, and moral integrity with plaques bearing winners' names and year.
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St. Frances de Sales Catholic
Raleigh County
Clvitans
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High
Central
Crescent
Institute
Lincoln
Mabscott
Maxwell Hil
Sprague
Sylvia
Teel
Stratton
East Beckley
East Park Morton-Reaves
Piney Oaks
Sprague Consolidated
Daniels
Shady Spring
Civitan Club
Faithul
Civitan Good Citizenship
Summer Camp Set For Children Of Eastern Gas Fuel Employees
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates launches its 24th year of two week camps for 900 children ages eight and a half to 14 from West Virginia and Pittsburgh. Camp Lightfoot near Hinton and Camp Washington Carver near Beckley offer cabins dining halls and diverse activities guided by college trained senior counselors. Four sessions run June 23 to Aug 21 with locations in Beards Fork Culver Grant Town Huntington Oak Hill Keystone Kop perston and Helen and one session at Washington Carver Aug 4 to Aug 18.
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Virgil M. Beckett
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
Washington-Carver
Beckley
Eastern
Fayette County
West Virginia
Company
Coal Division
Pittsburgh
Council
Camp Lightfoot
Pennsylvania
Beards
Fork and Eccles
Culver
Melcroft
Sonman
Grant Town
Stotesburg
Wharton No. 2
Huntington
Oak Hill
Keystone
Wharton No
Kopperston and
Helen
Washington Carver
Male Army Nurse Corps Officer Bazemore to Report at Fort Sam
Edward Bazemore of Beckley will report May 4 to Fort Sam Houston Texas as a first lieutenant in the U S Army Nurse Corps He is noted as the first male Army nurse from the area He has seven years nursing experience and a Navy service background He and his wife Elizabeth Williams have two children Bruce and Rita The family will join him after indoctrination at Fort Sam Houston and assignment to Fort Jackson Washington DC.
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Luthers Edward Bazemore
Beckley
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Gordon Anderson
Bazemore
Southwest Indian Reservation
Florida
U. S
Elizabeth Willams
Virginia
Delaware
Bruce
Rita
Fort Jackson
D. C
Madness or Glory Focused Thought on Slavery at Harpers Ferry
John Brown at Harpers Ferry is described as self consecrated to an act of madness or glory that focused public thought on the slavery question. A WYEA statement notes that West Virginia teachers are predominantly married women, three fourths of them, a figure 25 percent higher than the national rate.
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John Brown
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
WYEA
Divorce Ends Turmoil in John E. Silvia Case
Mrs. John E. Silvia told a judge that life with her husband was a problem with no solution. She described that his anger arose whether she agreed or disagreed or remained silent. The judge granted a divorce after hearing the account.
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Los Angeles
John E. Silvia
Six Clinics Set This Week by Raleigh County Nurses
Six clinics are planned this week by nurses from the Raleigh County Health Department. The schedule includes a preschool immunization clinic at Richmond High School Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon and two clinics on Wednesday at Glen White Junior High School and the health department office with Dr. A D Belton, followed by a preschool immunization clinic at Clear Fork High School. Thursday features clinics at Rhodella Elementary School and a well child clinic at Dr. George Pierson’s office Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Richmond High School
Glen White Junior High School
The
Health Department
A. D. Belton
Clear Fork High School
Rhodella
George Pierson
Virginia and West Virginia clash over reunification stance
The Virginia Legislature sought a postwar compromise in 1866 to patch the state's dismemberment, but the West Virginia Legislature responded firmly that the people oppose reunion and will not consider any proposal toward that goal.
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Virginia
West Virginia
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Sional District Academy
Fifth Congressional District
Romoser
Senate
al Romoser
Naval Air Staon
Pensacola, Fla
Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
Annapolis
Navy Recruiting Station
Albuquerque
Cohen's Drug Store
Neville St. Beckley
Fayettaville
Fayetteville
Neville ST
Civitan
Catholic
Army Nurse Corps
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Memorial Hospital
U. S. Army
American Electric Power Company, Inc
American Gas and Electric Company
American Electric Power Company
American Electric Power System
Appalachian Power Company
American Electric Caep Power System
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
Richmond
Universal Some Equipment Co
Universal
South Fayette Street
Main Plant
Richmon
Cneeseasd
Prince ST
Arkk Kw
Westinghouse
Sia
Ashworth and Sparks, Inc
Marty
Pagoda Shopping Center
Harper Road
Beckley Superior Sterling Co., Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
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